Press release No. 557 of 8 December 2021
WIESBADEN – In 2017, 11.1 million taxpayers in Germany stated donations of roughly 6.7 billion euros in their tax returns. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the level of donations rose by 5.9% compared with 2016. The actual number of people who made donations was probably even higher as jointly assessed married couples and couples in a registered life partnership are counted as one taxpayer. The median donation was 122 euros.